Comic Book Junction

Bringing your child to the comic shop this Wednesday? Want to pick up a couple of kid-friendly comics on New Comics Wednesday but are unsure what to get?

Here is a list, cross-posted at the Friends of Lulu blog, of the comics for kids released this week.

Please note: some of these comics may not be appropriate for very small children. What’s right for a 10-year-old may not be right for a 6-year-old. Please take a moment in the comic shop to make sure a certain comic is right for your child. Also, some publisher websites will list the suggested age range for the individual issues.

Archaia Studios Press:

Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #5

$3.50

By: David Petersen

Deep beneath the surface in the abandoned Darkheather, Saxon rejoins his companions Sadie and Kenzie as they may have discovered a way home. The winter mission that lead the Guard’s finest away from Lockhaven is nearing an end, and one that they will not all live to see.

Archie Comics:

Archie #594

$2.50

By: Stan Goldberg, Bill Golliher, Craig Boldman, and Hal Lifson

In “Running in the Fast Lane,” Betty convinces Archie to do a marathon with her, but can Archie keep from “running on empty”?! In “The Replacement,” Archie is just absolutely certain Veronica has replaced him! And in “An Egg-Cellent Assignment,” the “yolks” on Archie when Professor Flutesnoot has the students take care of eggs to learn about responsibility.

Pals N Gals Double Digest #129

$3.99

By: George Gladir, Pat Kennedy, Bill Golliher, Bill Galvan, Fernando Ruiz, and others.

In “The High Cost of GAS,” Archie’s feeling the gas crisis where it hurts - now taking the girls out on dates is even MORE expensive! Dilton’s solutions aren’t cost-effective and Chuck’s cartoon gag didn’t lift Archie’s spirits, so he turns to Jughead to help… and the fun begins! In “Who’s Watching Who?,” “Big Bee is watching” when Mr. Weatherbee installs monitors throughout the school… but how long before the watcher is watched himself? And in “The Big 70,” a local reporter covering the Chocklit Shoppe’s 70th anniversary gets an earful from Pop Tate about the town teens’ mouthfuls of goodies downed through the years! Plus: more stories new and old!

Sonic Universe #1

$2.50

By: Ian Flynn & Tracy Yardley

The first issue of “Sonic Universe” debuts with a story that’s out of this world - literally - as Shadow and Metal Sonic continue their series-spanning fight and wind up in a whole new dimension! And things are bound to heat up when Blaze the Cat and a Chaos Emerald enter the mix! Don’t miss the explosive beginning of this universe-spanning series!

Tales From Riverdale Digest #32

$2.69

By: George Gladir, Fernando Ruiz, Bob Bolling, and others

In “The Missing Manhole Covers,” there’s a mystery afoot, and it’s up to Riverdale’s premiere teenage rock band, the Archies, to solve it! Can they solve the mystery of who is stealing the town’s manhole covers… and the even bigger mystery of “why?!” In “Lunchroom Lament,” complaining is on the menu when Miss Beazly tells a new café co-worker of the trials and tribulations of slinging hash for teens! Wait until she gets a load of what’s for dessert! Plus: Old and new stories!

Bongo Comics:

Bart Simpson Comics #46

$2.99

By: Various

When one of Bart’s pranks goes to far, Groundskeeper Willie loses his job and is replaced by a state-of-the-art custodial robot! Then, Bart and Gil team-up in the Springfield Elementary cafeteria for a lesson in lunch specials. And to top it all off, Lisa takes it upon herself to restore the joy and promise of the teaching profession to Miss Hoover, when the second-grade teacher not only loses her edge but finds herself precipitously close to going over it!

DC Comics:

Brave and the Bold #2

$2.50

By: Matt Wayne, Phil Moy, and Scott Jeralds

Spinning out of the explosive new cartoon TV show, this stupendous second issue features Batman and the all-new Blue Beetle! Show writer Matt Wayne (Justice League, Ben 10: Alien Force) has the duo teaming up to investigate an invasion of mythical creatures! Why are trolls are ogres from a video game raiding the real world? It’s up to Batman and Blue Beetle to find out - and they discover that someone’s not just playing around!

Cartoon Network Block Party #54

$2.50

By:  Sam Agro, Frank Strom, Mike Kazaleh, Christopher Cook, and Scott Roberts

Lazlo and the gang take on a lake monster, Billy and Mandy take on a bully, and Dexter takes on multiple Dee Dees!

Gemstone:

Uncle Scrooge #387

$7.99

By Carl Barks, Lars Jensen, Dave Rawson & Romano Scarpa

In Carl Barks’ classic ‘City of Golden Roofs,’ Scrooge and Donald compete as salesmen in the depths of Indochina! Donald’s pushing tape decks, Scrooge is selling clunky airplane hangar heaters - and everyone’s ears are ringing with the pop tunes of Shoeless Pashly, king of the bongo drums! Next, the Ducks and Magica face Circe in Dave Rawson’s and Romano Scarpa’s ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’; Ludwig Von Drake suffers ‘Wiener Schnitzel Woes’ in a new Lars Jensen saga; and Donald turns Indian chef only to find that ‘You Vindaloo, You Lose a Few!’

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #702

$7.99

by Carl Barks, Frank Jonker, & Stefan Petrucha

In Carl Barks’ ‘Donald Mines His Own Business,’ Donald’s nephews have drawn a phony gold mine map - and Unca Donald follows it straight to a missile test range! Gottfredson’s ‘Mickey Mouse Sails For Treasure Island’ continues, with Minnie facing a shotgun wedding and crazed hermit Bill Shakespeare entering the fray! Frank Jonker’s Big Bad Wolf sics his nasty nephew on his goody-goody son, but ‘Is Izzy As He Was?’ Finally, Donald tries turning a thug into a gentleman in Stefan Petrucha’s ‘Bumrisk Go Lightly,’ and takes an unexpected Jurassic trek in William Van Horn’s ‘Just In Time!’

Marvel Comics:

Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #45

$2.99

By: Paul Robin & Ronan Cliquet

Mordecai Midas, the richest man on Earth, needs to beef up his image (good for a troubled financial market, don’tcha know), and what’s better for the image than joining the world’s most beloved superteam? Trouble is, the Fantastic Four won’t have him! Worse, they resist his efforts to BUY his way onto the team. So what’s a near-trillionarie to do? How about ordering Madame Masque to seek out and eliminate the FF’s weakest member in order to create a job opening? Will the Fantastic Four uncover Midas’s lethal plan, and just who does Midas think is the weakest team member? Find out in “If You Can’t Join Them, Buy Them!”

Skrulls Vs. Power Pack (Digest)

$9.99

By: Fred Van Lente & Cory Hamscher

Sssshh! There’s this invasion, see, and it’s a secret… No, no, not that one. I mean the one where dastardly SKRULLS impersonate Marvel’s premiere all-kids super hero team, commit crimes around the universe in their form, so intergalactic bounty hunters capture and imprison Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie in Space Juvie…the dreaded reform-school planet Hadith-VI! And the only ones with any hope of springing them are FRANKLIN RICHARDS, H.E.R.B.I.E., and SMARTSHIP FRIDAY! Collecting SKRULLS VS. POWER PACK #1-4 96 PGS.

The Wonderful World Of Oz #2 (2nd Printing)

$3.99

By: Skottie Young & Eric Shanower

Double origin issue! Find out how both the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman came to be. Romance and dismemberment, spontaneous life and evil spells—this issue has all sorts of surprises. Plus, you’ve never seen a Cowardly Lion before like Skottie Young’s big bashful ball of fur! Join young Kansas farm girl Dorothy on the road through the Land of Oz as she collects companions with severe identity issues.

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